Wednesday, December 15, 2021

CRISP BLUEBERRY CAKE BARS

 A mouthwatering crispiness on top of a blueberry filled moist cake bar that your family & friends will surely enjoy.  By the way, this is great with coffee too! 




INGREDIENTS:

½ cup butter (unsalted)

¾ cup sugar

2 whole eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

½ cup milk

2 cups thawed & drained frozen blueberries (I used the USA Blueberries Farmers' Best Highbush Blueberries)

1/3 c flour 


Topping:

1 cup sugar

½ cup flour

1 tsp cinnamon

½ cup cold butter

METHOD:

Preheat oven to 350F or 175C

Line a square 8” x 8” pan with baking paper. Set aside

In the bowl,  using a mixer or wire whisk beat together butter and sugar until smooth and fluffy, add eggs one at a time and beat well until light and fluffy, add vanilla. Set aside.

In another smaller bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt whisk together.  Add flour mixture in thirds to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk until a batter forms.  Then, set aside

Prepare frozen blueberries that has been thawed & drained.  Put berries in a bowl with flour and toss, coating berries with flour.  

Fold in blueberries into the batterransfer batter to pan. Set aside.

In a small bowl whisk together the topping. Add the sugar, flour and cinnamon. Whisk to combine. Cut in cold butter with hands until small crumbs form. Sprinkle topping on top of batter until a layer is formed and batter is fully covered.

Bake 40-45 mins until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. You may adjust baking time depending how thick your batter is. When done, you can now switch to broil setting to make the top layer of the cake into browned crispiness, broiling may take about 5-10 minutes (monitor the browning during the broiling time as this may get burned).

Allow to cool completely before slicing the cake.   You may use a serrated/bread knife to make a clean cut specially the crispy top. You may cut into 9 squares, serve and enjoy! 

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This is the blueberry brand that I used in this recipe



Though it is frozen, you can see that the berries are still whole and plump.


Just by looking at this I know this is gonna be delicious :)